I have an opportunity to purchase what looks to be an early Schecter Strat copy, but I want to know more about it. The bridge is an original Schecter tremolo (black) with fine tuners. The serial number stamped on the Schecter branded neck plate is four digits in the format 80** or 81** can't remember which. I assumed it was '80 or '81, but I didn't know. If so I would imagine it is worth a more than a used MIA Strat of comparable age. Who can shed light on this? I will send an email to S.G.R.

If you have the serial number for your Schecter guitar, you should easily be able to search it. If you do not have it and want it, contact the store where you purchased your guitar. Understanding Gretsch guitar serial numbers. Gretsch used several different serial number schemes through the years. Each of them can be used to accurately pinpoint the age of a guitar, if you have the correct information.

But who knows when or what information they will share? Less than it would have been a decade or so ago. They had poor-ish resale value anyway because it's an 'off brand,' but now that they re so heavily regarded as an import line, it's even worse. Still, that doesn't mean the guitar may not be great.

The big selling/buying point is if it has the tapped Monstertone single-coils. As for price, it would be up in the air without seeing the guitar, I would guess no more than $1K, I've seen them for less, even from that era.

So how can I tell what pickups are in there now? Download lagu rocket rockers. It's in a pawn shop which not a situation where I can go opening the guitar up. It's listed well under a thousand, and of course I can get them to reduce too, but I don't want to buy it for what it's worth. I want to buy for LESS than it's worth.not because I'm interested in flipping it, but knowing it was a great deal will help me enjoy it more. So how can I tell what pickups are in there now? It's in a pawn shop which not a situation where I can go opening the guitar up. It's listed well under a thousand, and of course I can get them to reduce too, but I don't want to buy it for what it's worth.

I want to buy for LESS than it's worth.not because I'm interested in flipping it, but knowing it was a great deal will help me enjoy it more. Monstertones have huge 1/4' pole p[iece, like the SD Quarter Pounders, but with a more well-rounded tone. Tapped, they get very Buddy Holly-esque.

Sound API only supports playing PCM wave files. Type: System.InvalidOperationException Source: System at System.Media.SoundPlayer.ValidateSoundData And when I download 'known/supported' audio files I see the actually windows player as seen in 'playButton02.png' file. It's only when the. Sound API only supports playing PCM wave files. 17 Apr 14:59:09,299 - 0.4.1.0: Crashed at System.Media.SoundPlayer.ValidateSoundFile(String fileName) at System.Media.SoundPlayer.LoadAndPlay(Int32 flags) at. I want to play a sound file in my web project. The sound file is stored in a database. When I try to play that file I get this error. Can you help me fix this problem? My sound file format like this: 8000 Hz A-Law bit rate: 64 bit. But c# does not play this format. The format must be PCM Signed 24 bit- mono. I want to play a sound file in my web project. The sound file is stored in a database. When I try to play that file I get this error. Can you help me fix this problem? Here is my play code.

Some great Dire Straits stuff was recorded with tapped Monstertones. Well I had previous commitments today do home improvements on a house we co-own with my wife's sister.